Tape Op Staff Favorites of 2020

2020. What a year. Since very few of who reading this will have recently relocated from a nearby galaxy I won't get into the specifics, but we all know what kind of year it was and many of us are glad it's almost gone. It certainly will not be forgotten. But alas, music has endured and been an amazing resource to help many of us deal with the mess that was 2020. Here are some of our favorites from this very strange year.

Larry Crane

Andy Shauf: The Neon Skyline

Roger Waters -  Us + Them
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Mac Miller - Circles
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Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
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Brian Eno - Film Music 1976 ~ 2020
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Brendan Benson - Dear Life
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Logan Farmer: Still No Mother

John Baccigaluppi

Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
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Logan Farmer - Still No Mother
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Nada Surf - Never Not Together 
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Matt Berniger - Serpentine Prison
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Sufjan Stevens: Ascension

Bonny Light Horsemen - S/T 
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Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
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Roger & Brian Eno - Mixing Colors 
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Moses Sumney - Græ
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Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All The Rest
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Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts V

Coriky - S/T
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Nine Inch Nails -  Ghosts V & VI 
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Geoff Stanfield

Sarah Jarosz: World on the Ground

Sarah Jarosz - World on the Ground
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Bill Frisell - Valentine
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - KG
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King Britt - Back2Black
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Suzanne Ciani - A Sonic Womb
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Suzanne Ciani: A Sonic Womb

Tycho - Simulcast
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The Dip - The Dip Plays it Cool
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Khruangbin - Mordechai
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Jon Hassel - Seeing Through Sound
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Marsha Vdovin

Spacemoth: This Shit/Who I Was

Oumou Sangaré - Acoustic
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Emilie Nicolas - Tranquille Emile
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Madame Gandhi - Young India Reimagined
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Spacemoth - This Shit/Who I Was
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Anthony Sarti

Clams Casino - Instrumental Relics - "I’m God" (Feat. Imogen Heap)
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The Anix - Hologram (Deluxe Edition) - "Everlasting Love"
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Deftones: Ohms

Tails - "Forever" (Feat. Rome in Silver)
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Mrs. Piss - Self-Surgery - "Knelt"
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Deftones - Ohms - "This Link Is Dead"
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Andy Hong

Coldbones: The Cataclysm

Caspian - On Circles
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Coldbones - The Cataclysm
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This Will Destroy You - Vespertine
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Pat Metheny - From This Place
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Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade - RoundAgain
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Lucinda Williams: Good Souls, Better Angels

Scott McChane

Lucinda Williams - Good Souls, Better Angels
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Mavericks – En Español
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Ghost Funk Orchestra - An Ode to Escapism
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Duck Duck Goose - Noise, Noise and More Noise
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Black Market Brass - Undying Thirst
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